Village of Orland Park – Is it Contagious? –

ORLAND PARK (ECWd) –
Is there something in the water up there in Orland Park? With all of the Freedom Of Information Act and Open Meetings Act violations of the Orland Park Public Library (OPPL), you would think the Village of Orland Park would research their responsibilities when it comes to FOIA, but that is not the case.
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When researching the police reports initiated by the OPPL, Megan Fox submitted a request to the village for public records, and also requested them in electronic format. Instead of simply complying with the request, Joe LaMargo, the Public Information Officer for Orland Park,  insisted on providing the records in paper format, and telling her she had to personally come in and pick the paper copies up.
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These are both violations of the Freedom Of Information Act. The Act requires that if a public record is kept in an electronic format (which they are in this case) and the requester requested it in that format, it must be provided electronically. Notice how it doesn’t say it’s optional.
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Furthermore, the Act requires the public body to mail the records to the requester (or email). They cannot require them to be picked up in person, and they cannot make the requester pay for the postage. That’s not optional either.
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In light of the FOIA violations and denials, Megan has created another video depicting her experience the day she picked the public records up at the Village. Enjoy!
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